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Wrongfully convicted man found dead in car
A man wrongfully convicted of a 2002 sexual assault has been found dead in a parked car in Madison.
State Supreme Court won’t hear Dassey case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court won't hear a Manitowoc man's arguments for a new trial in one of the state's most notorious homicides.
Not the purr-fect crime: Cat DNA database helps convict killer
Fingerprints are not the only thing that killers can leave behind — add cat hair to that list.
Wis. high court rules Confrontation Clause not violated
A Wisconsin Supreme Court decision issued Tuesday says DNA evidence collected during a criminal investigation can be used in a trial, even if the person who analyzed the evidence is not the one that testifies.
State waiting for validation of mobile DNA testing (UPDATE)
Wisconsin law-enforcement officials are tracking a new technology that might allow investigators to perform a DNA analysis in as little as 90 minutes.
Walker signs budget that includes GPS, DNA changes
Counties would no longer have to come up with their own money if they want to test out using GPS devices to keep track of people who have been placed on restraining orders.
DNA evidence links Green Bay man to burglaries
A Green Bay man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in multiple 2012 burglaries.
Van Hollen unhappy with budget language (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Monday he can't support provisions his fellow Republicans added to the state budget that would delay transmitting arrestees' DNA to the state crime labs and allow bounty hunters to operate in the state.
Bites derided as unreliable in court
At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more than a decade in prison. Now a judge's ruling later this month in New York could help end the practice for[...]
Supreme Court nixes human gene patents
In a decision that seemed designed to carve out a middle ground in the legal battle over whether companies can hold exclusive rights in the use of biological material, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that isolated human genes are not patentable, but synthetically created genetic material may be patented.
DNA collection proposal modified again
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court decided it is constitutional to take DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes, state lawmakers made further changes to a proposal that would make such collections legal in Wisconsin.
Wis. Republican praises DNA court decision
A Republican on the Legislature's finance committee says a U.S. Supreme Court decision that seizing DNA upon arrest is legal should soothe concerns about the practice in Wisconsin.
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- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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